Demir Purisic

I am a designer, researcher, and architect interested in exploring the relationship between people, our built environment, and technology. I am currently an architectural professional at som where i’ve worked on several large scale projects located in nyc. Previously to som i was a research associate at amo/oma where i worked on the research of the countryside which culminated in the filming of a drone documentary studying the agricultural landscape of the great plains, spanning 1000 miles and 18 hours which is currently on exhibition at the guggenheim museum as a part of the ‘countryside, the future’ exhibition.

I am formally trained as an architect, with a master of architecture from harvard university graduate school of design and a bachelor of architecture from the city college of new york. I am an adjunct lecturer at the city college of new york and nycct. In addition to teaching i have worked for places like radlab, interboro partners, and was co-chair of the harvard xdesign club.

Education

• Master’s Degree Harvard University Graduate School of Design (2015 — 2017)
• Bachelor's Degree The City College of New York (2010 — 2015)
• High School Brooklyn Technical High School (2005 — 2009)

Companies

• Adjunct Lecturer New York Institute of Technology (2021)
• Adjunct Lecturer CUNY New York City College of Technology (2020)
• Adjunct Lecturer The City College of New York (2019)
• Architectural Professional Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) (2018 — 2021)
• Research Associate OMA (2017 — 2018)
• Research Associate Harvard University Graduate School of Design (2017 — 2018)
• Co Chairman Harvard xDesign Club (2016 — 2017)
• Project Assistant Radlab (2016 — 2016)
• Project Assistant Interboro Partners (2016 — 2016)